Space up your life!
THEY rose to fame at warp speed nearly 30 years ago and now the Spice Girls have teamed up with a Star Trek devotee to make a candid documentary about their stellar career.
JJ Abrams, who has directed hugely successful Star Wars and Star Trek movies, approached the girls with the idea.
Sources say Geri Horner, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Melanie Brown have all agreed to co-operate with the film – and Posh
Spice Victoria Beckham is tempted to join in too.
The documentary would tell the story of the band’s rise to stardom in the mid1990s and feature interviews and unseen material from their personal archives.
Mr Abrams and his business partner, Hollywood movie director Jason Hehir, are now shopping the project around streaming giants including Netflix. ‘The four girls have committed to it and it’s happening,’ said an insider. ‘It has been developed and it’s now going out to streamers as part of a bidding war. ‘Victoria is openminded about it which the others are really optimistic about, because previously she has flatly refused to take part in any kind of reunions.
‘But this is high-end and, most importantly, won’t require her to sing as she has insisted that she will never do so on stage again.’
Formed in 1994, the Spice Girls went on to sell more than 100 million records worldwide. They had eight UK No.1s between 1996 and 1998 – including Wannabe and Spice Up Your Life – but effectively split up in 2000.